[theme-reviewers] Review Criteria: Menu Bar Display Aesthetics

[Edward Caissie]

I believe the aesthetic aaspect of the menu should not necessarily be an
issue for the Theme Reviewers unless it is "breaking" the theme's
navigation.

IF the menu wraps, a common effect, with large numbers of pages then as long
as each of the items are usable within the theme structure it becomes an
aesthetics only issue and not one of review. Now, if the wrapping menu
causes other items in the theme to not be usable such as other menu items
then it becomes a navigation issue and a reviewers concern.

This essentially can cause the theme to be unusable although this may be
possible to allow through provided the theme author has acknowledged this is
a known issue via a readme.txt file included with and preferably referenced
via the theme's description.


Cais.

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Good morning, Theme Reviewers!
>
> Another discussion question: when we are reviewing Themes for
> aesthetic/display quality, one factor that seems to come up quite a bit is
> the Theme's design assumption regarding its use on a simple blog versus a
> page-driven web site. In the former case, providing room sufficient for only
> a small number of pages (e.g. "Home", "About", "Contact") may very easily
> break if a given site is more page-driven.
>
> I've been pointing this out in my current Theme reviews (e.g. the "Menu
> Bar" breaks into multiple rows with the given number of pages in the Theme
> Unit Test data), but, should we be?
>
> In other words, is it acceptable for a Theme to be designed to be used on a
> site with only a few static Pages? Or should we be requiring Theme
> developers to support page-based sites inherently in their design? (To wit:
> the Home/About/Contact construct seems to be an inherent assumption in a LOT
> of Theme screenshots and demo sites.)
>
> I don't think I have a preference one way or the other; more, I'm curious
> what everyone else thinks.
>
> Chip
>
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